After you submit an event, University Communications and Marketing will review the submission for content, spelling and grammar before publishing it in the calendar.

Please note, not all events will appear on the Kent State home page. When you submit your event, you will be asked to choose a category, and that category will determine where your event will appear on the website and in FlashLine. All events DO appear on the university’s event calendar.

If your department has several reoccurring events throughout the year please email eventadmin@kent.edu to determine if your department meets the criteria to submit events through a Salesforce account.

IMPORTANT: If it is a single event that spans multiple consecutive days (such as a festival or fair or, for example, a track meet) then each day needs to have its own request in order for it to display each day of the event. If the event is created as a date span such as 9/13/2019 - 10/12/2019, the event will only display for the first day.

Step One

Decide how you want to promote your event. Events submitted can be promoted several ways. All events will be displayed as an event in FlashLine and on your campus's calendars page.

You can also request your event be promoted these additional ways:

Listed on your department site's featured event feed when it meets the feed criteria. There are four options of how the events can appear on your homepage feed. If your homepage has an article feed it will be a one-column view, otherwise it will be a two-column view. Displaying the end date is optional. It will also feed to an archive event page if your website has one.

Student Organization - For student organization events on the Kent Campus, select the following above:

Division: Student Affairs

Department: Student Involvement

About the Event

Title of Event* - the title of your event

Keep event names short (under 60 characters). To minimize the size of your headline, use ampersands instead of "and" and colons instead of dashes. Capitalize words as you would the title of a book or movie (e.g. The Bridge on the River Kwai). If the person approving your event determines that the event name is too long, they will truncate it.

If it is not apparent what your event is by the title, add a descriptor beforehand. For example, instead of saying "Labyrinth", say "Movie: Labyrinth".

Description* - describe your event

Always use AP style and University Style when entering your event descriptions. Be especially mindful of the rules for time, (7 a.m., 7:15 a.m., noon, midnight), and dates, (Jan. 15, March 31), in AP style. If you are providing a phone number, please use the entire number, not just the campus extension, per university style. Also, uses dashes to separate the numbers, no paranthesis, (e.g., 330-672-2444).

Try to be as helpful as you can with your event description. Some people fill out all the forms, but don’t try to “sell” their events. Think of your calendar entry as a newspaper article. Other fields will take care of the When and Where, use this space to fill out the Who, What and Why. Be specific. Adding descriptive details will inspire attendance.

Link Text - add a link to your event by entering the text that should be displayed

Event Date and Time

Start Date* - the date your event starts

Start Time Hour* - the time your event starts

End Date* - the same as the start date

IMPORTANT: If it is a single event that spans multiple consecutive days (such as a festival or fair or, for example, a track meet) then each day needs to have its own request in order for it to display each day of the event. If the event is created as a date span such as 9/13/2019 - 10/12/2019, the event will only dispaly for the first day.

If your department has several reoccurring events throughout the year please email eventadmin@kent.edu to determine if your department meets the critera to submit events through a Salesforce account.

End Time Hour* - the time your event ends that day

event Location

Building* - options available are determined by the Campus Affiliation field, select Other if the event is off campus

Room or Off Campus Address* - enter the room location of the event

About the Attendees

Audience* - select all that apply from the following options: Alumni, Faculty, Families/Guests, First-Year Students, Open to the Public, Prospetive Students, Staff, Students

Approximate Attendance?* - enter how many people you anticipate attending

Additional Event Promotion

Should this event be available on your department's website? Note, the website must be hosted in the www.kent.edu domain.* - Selecting Yes will expand the following field:

Organic Group/Website Name - select your site's group name (title). Please note, only sites with home page feeds are listed. If you would like one setup for your site, please submit a support ticket referencing your event title. Once the feed is created, the event will be added to the website.

Featured Event - should this event be considered for inclusion on the calendars page and in your campus's home page news feed? Selecting Yes will expand the following fields:

Short Title - for display on your event's hero image; this can be the same as the Title of Event field above - the field is not required, however a short title and/or a subtitle is needed

Subtitle - for display on your event's hero image - the field is not required, however a short title and/or a subtitle is needed

FLASHperks - select if you would like the event to be a FLASHperks event, if selected answer these additional questions will be presented:

What time should the FLASHpersk staff arrive* - enter the time

How long are FLASHperks staff needed?* - select from 30 minutes to 3 hours

How will guests arrive?* - select either All at once or In and Out

e-Inside - selecting yes will request this event to be featured in e-Inside, the Kent State faculty and staff e-newsletter. Please review the e-Inside guidelines for an event to be considered for e-Inside before selecting it as an option.

Captcha

Please enter the characters you see in the picture.

Select the Finish button to submit your event for publication.

*Required field

Step Three

The event will be received in Salesforce for approval and an email confirmation will be sent to the Requestor Email Address. When the event is approved or denied you will receive an additional email confirmation. Approved department events are synced to event feeds every hour on the hour.

Editing an Approved Event

If you need to edit or cancel an event please use the link provided in the email confirmation. Please note, if you change the event in Drupal and later request a change using the email link, it will be overwritten on the hourly sync. All changes should be made using the link provided in the email confirmation so the content will be updated everywhere it is displayed.